Occupation: Writer Birth: 1947
Diana Vreeland was "the Empress," the avatar of the age. An old name or old money were not enough to get you into Studio 54 - or Interview magazine, ….
It's been so long now and so much has happened that I am able now to look back with much less emotion and my take on Andy as an artist now comes down….
Andy [Warhol] put on his fey kind of act, but he wanted to be number one and he succeeded. But you never know. Fifty years from now he might not be s….
I think his portraits of Jackie, Liz, Marilyn, Mao, Elvis, Lenin - and objects like the soup cans, the dollar signs, the hammer and sickle, it's all ….
I mean when the book first came out it was not a bestseller, but it got good reviews and at that point I was done writing about Andy, done talking ab….
You can't hang around geniuses forever because they end up taking everything you've got. That's why they're the genius and you're not..
Well, it wasn't really a decision on my part although you always hope as an author that a book that goes out of print somehow winds up back in print.….
Very few people actually saw Andy's films like Chelsea Girls where he filmed seven hours, ran it on two screens, where each scene was in a different ….
I took photos from 1976 to when I left in 1993, primarily for Interview and a column I had called "Bob Colacello's Out" which Andy had conceived of. ….
Well that's what Andy wore to bed. You know, the oxford button-down Brooks Brothers shirt that he's been wearing all day and his big long socks. He'd….
A lot of people found themselves working at the Factory and some even in his bed as a result of random occurrences like your call. Most famous artist….
He [Andy Warhol] engaged people and I think all of that is what helped keep him keyed in to the times beyond all of the celebrity stuff that was goin….
The funny thing about me is I'm kind of schizophrenic, because after four or five nights in a row of going out to parties, I just have to be alone. I….
I could write an entirely new book about Andy Warhol, but I don't think I will. I certainly don't think Nancy Reagan would like that, as she's been p….
Anyway, when I finished the book, I handed it in, didn't want to read it again, but when it finally was in print I felt like OK, I have to read this.….
He [Andy warhol] went out every evening to five or six parties with a tape recorder in one pocket and a camera with extra film and batteries in the o….
And out of the blue, I got a call from an editor friend at Knopf and she said that they were interested in putting out an update for their vintage pa….
Fortunately I had a great intern who did a lot of the research on Andy's prices, which of course are phenomenal, but getting them straight - you know….
One thing about Andy Warhol that was remarkable and also key to his widespread appeal is that he was so open! He would get on the phone and talk to t….
I think because both of my parents were essentially salespeople, and Italian-Americans, I always seemed to get along with people; I had a knack of fi….
What often seemed like meanness or coldness was really fear of emotions and intimacy..